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Surgical Management of Adult Scoliosis

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The natural course of idiopathic scoliosis during adult life is neither static nor benign. As the patient gets older, the deformed spinal column may show aggravation of the curves, increasing kyphosis, decompensation, and spondylotic changes. These pathologic changes may cause back pain, radiculopathy, cosmetic, and psychological problems, and cardiopulmonary compromise, possibly leading to increased mortality.

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  1. Faculté de Médecine, Nantes, France

    Norbert Passuti, G. A. Odri & P. M. Longis

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  1. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, United Kingdom

    George Bentley

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Passuti, N., Odri, G.A., Longis, P.M. (2014). Surgical Management of Adult Scoliosis. In: Bentley, G. (eds) European Surgical Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34746-7_34

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